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A man in Guangzhou, China, was killed last week when his cell phone blew up and severed an artery in his neck, the Times of London reports. The young shop clerk is believed to have put the phone in his breast pocket straight after charging a new battery before it exploded. Police are investigating whether the phone or battery were counterfeit and warn that consumers should always use original batteries.

Claiming that this is the ninth cell phone explosion recorded in China since 2002, a local paper offered these other tips on how to avoid being injured or killed by your phone:

whats scary is the amount of counterfeit sh*t coming from overseas...if people only knew how much customs really did they would be shocked....sometimes entire cargo ships (thousands of tons of goods) are completely packed with counterfeit goods. Take into consideration how many shipping containers are coming in and out a port on any day. If just ONE of those counterfeit containers gets through it will pay for the ones confiscated. I used to think the worst part about this was the effect on our economy, but I've been hearing more and more about counterfeit products maiming and killing people! This is crazy..we've gotta keep this crap from getting through our borders or soon you'll be seeing Americans getting blown up by crap cellphone batteries